"A pleasantly uneventful holiday show took over the airwaves on Thursday as Pine Valley gathered together to offer its thanks.
Hayley quizzed her father on his wedding preparations, but Adam wasn't very generous with his portion of responses. When Liza arrived to celebrate the holiday with her "sweetheart," Hayley turned the questions to Liza. Like Adam, Liza did not give many answers. She did, however, assure Hayley that they were "zeroing in on a date." The response was not what Hayley wanted to hear from her possible future stepmother and continued prying. Liza did her best to change the subject, but things were getting any easier. Skye's arrival wasn't going to help Liza avoid difficult topics either. Skye said that she had a great idea. Liza and Adam, both being individuals with a strong drive, should sit down with a family counselor and try to iron out the wrinkles in their relationship. At least that's what Skye suggested. Marian arrived on the scene, her eyes blackened from mascara smudges brought on by crying. She told Liza that she was destitute and that all the money she had had been stolen by Jonathan's bimbo. Liza wasn't moved and told her mother that she was stupid for going against everyone's advice and pursuing Jonathan Kinder. Hayley and Skye secretly snuck out of the room and made a pact to end their "sibling war"--at least until after they fought off the "Colby Invasion." After hearing Marian sob on and on about losing her money, Adam commented that he doesn't "want to seem insensitive." "Then perhaps you shouldn't speak, Adam," Marian snapped.
Tad arrived at Myrtle's boarding house bearing gifts. He told Gloria that Ruth and Joe had been called to the hospital at the last minute and that the Thanksgiving meal had been postponed. His gift, which Tad jokingly called his fraternity pin, turned out to be a Turkey pin that he picked up at a bazaar at Jamie's school. Red hauled out a punch bowl of eggnog. Laura asked Red if he wasn't confusing Thanksgiving with Christmas. Grumpily, Red informed Laura that Thanksgiving is the first day of Christmas and that it is never too early to get into the Christmas spirit. Myrtle was distressed by Laura's skewering of Red and ordered her to put aside her dislike of Red. Jamie raced over to Tad and told him that he wants to race to the mall in the morning and see Santa Claus. Red erupted and told Jamie that he should "forget it." Myrt pulled Red aside and asked him why he was so down on Jolly Ole Saint Nick. Red said that he does not want Jamie to have to deal with the reality that Santa Claus does not really exist. Brooke told Red that he had a phone call. He raced over to the phone and got an earful from the caller. Noel, Red's assistant, told Red that he was not being nice by hiding the truth about his wife from Myrtle. Both parties were unaware that Laura was eavesdropping to the call on the kitchen phone. Jamie asked Brooke if Tad was going to marry Gloria. The question came just as Adam and Liza showed up with baked goods for the shelter.
Belinda begged her Aunt Grace to behave at the dinner table. When Noah arrived without Julia, Grace knew that something wasn't quite right. She again blamed Rose for being responsible for all of the bad things that have happened lately. Rose bragged about how good the meal was going to be, but said that it would pale in comparison to all of the meals that Grace used to cook. Grace didn't enjoy the flattery. She told Rose that she and her "children" (her biological children as well as Noah and Belinda) had to get by on beans and rice many years. "But you weren't around for those [meals]. [Noah and Belinda] always said a prayer for you. Did you say a prayer for them, Rose?" Grace asked. Her questions then turned to sharp criticism. "What do hitmen eat?" Noah interrupted the feud and told his family to try to get along because it would be the last family meal that they would be having together. Grace told Rose that she was "the same sorry fool" she has always been and blasted Rose for waltzing into town and trying to assume her role as a mother. Noah told Grace that he will always love her and that he does not want to leave her, but that there is no other way to avoid any further harm from Slade's henchmen.
At Wildwind, Maria told Dimitri and Edmund that her check up went well and that she was not suffering from any maladies. Julia became suspicious when a pharmacy order was delivered to the house for Maria. In the strictest confidence, Maria told Julia that she might be pregnant. Maria said that she is praying for a girl and that she's name the baby "Morgan." She told Julia that she does not want to get too excited and set herself up for a fall. At the dinner table, Erica told Isabella that losing a loved one is very difficult, but that there are always things to remind you of the ones you've lost. And so came Erica's toast "No heart is ever so broken that it cannot heal." Mateo rose to his feet and proposed a toast to his father's memory. He said that he will try to fill in for Hector, but that even if he remains in his father's shadow, he will be honored that he is following in the footsteps of a great man. Julia later told Mateo that she and Noah will be leaving town, but that she does not want to tell the family until later. Julia told Maria that she cannot leave for the evening until she learns the results of Maria's pregnancy test. A short time later, Maria emerged with the results. She told Julia that she is, by one of God's greatest miracles, pregnant. Julia broke down in tears and told her older sister that she wishes she could see the baby. She quickly covered for herself and said that she means she wishes she could see the baby now. Maria asked Julia if everything was okay. Julia said that the news of the pregnancy coupled with the loss of their father was making her more emotional than usual. She hugged her sister and began to cry again."
- Soap Central